Dear colleagues,
We are searching for two visiting assistant professors to join our community of writing teachers at Wake Forest. Appointments are for one year but are renewable based on need. As the ad says, professors have considerable autonomy for course design and assessment. Happy to answer any questions and please forward to your recent graduates or others who might be interested!
Sincerely,
Erin
Visiting Assistant Professors in Writing Program
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY’s Writing Program invites applications for two Visiting Assistant Professors to join our community of writers and teachers, whose expertise ranges across disciplines and backgrounds. Applicants should be committed to providing high-quality teaching in first-year writing. Ph.D. in writing studies or related field is preferred, but we welcome applications from professional and scholarly writers across disciplines with experience developing and teaching first-year writing. Teaching load is a 3/3 of first-year writing seminars (capped at 16); instructors have considerable autonomy over course design. Salary is competitive. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. For more information about the Writing Program visit http://writingprogram.wfu.edu
Wake Forest University welcomes and encourages diversity and seeks applications and nominations from women and minorities. It seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer students richly varied disciplines, perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning.
Located in Winston-Salem, NC, Wake Forest University is a private, co-educational institution with a student-faculty ratio of 10:1. Ranking among the top thirty national universities, it offers an intellectual community with a rich cultural life, an impressive array of facilities and an active athletics community. For quick facts about the University, go to http://www.wfu.edu/visitors/quickfacts.html. For quick facts on Winston-Salem, go to http://www.cityofws.org/Home/DiscoverWinston-Salem/Articles/CityInformation.
Applicants should submit a cover letter directed to Dr. Erin Branch, Director of the Writing Program, Department of English to writing. Also submit your vita, a statement of teaching philosophy describing your writing pedagogy, and a sample syllabus for a first-year writing course you have taught or would like to teach. Three confidential letters of recommendation must be sent via email by the recommender or dossier service to writing. EOE/AA
Questions about the application process or the position may be addressed to writing.
Erin Branch
Teaching Professor
Director of the Writing Program
Wake Forest University